New Books in Science, Technology, and Society cover image

Sherryl Vint, "Science Fiction" (MIT Press, 2021)

New Books in Science, Technology, and Society

00:00

Why Science Fiction Is Relegated to the Sidelines

There's a long history of why. Part of it has to do with, um, the kind of origins of at least sort of m western anglo science fiction in pulp magazines. And so there's that kind of long history. There is a lot of science fiction that is terrible and deserves it er. It's not that i'm saying at any time anybody wants to tell a story that has like, an alien or a robot in it, it's like a master work. Um, that's not the case at all.

Play episode from 51:18
Transcript

The AI-powered Podcast Player

Save insights by tapping your headphones, chat with episodes, discover the best highlights - and more!
App store bannerPlay store banner
Get the app